Re: Lojban

li [Padraic Brown] mi tulis la ...

> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:27:47 -0400, Bob LeChevalier
> <lojbab@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >Padraic Brown <elemtilas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>That will depend on what you mean by it - the context is insufficient
> >>>to identify the intended meaning.
> >>
> >>I take it you don't listen to AM radio. The context is the top of the
> >>hour moment when the radio station jingle announces "WXYZ, 1551AM,
> >>with your news, s****ts and weather at the top of the hour!"
> >
> >The statement is multiply ambiguous and false to boot (it's marketing,
> >so we should expect this).  There will in fact be no s****ts at the top
> >of the hour.  For one thing, hours are not physical objects and have
> >no "tops".  
> 
> Rest snipped for brevity. If you choose not to answer the question,
> kindly say so! I can only take this to mean that "s****ts" is something
> that can't be discussed in Lojban and that Lojban is not a language
> that could ever be used for daily life.

That's pretty mcuh what I was trying to say to Lojbab.  I'd just
like to see a sentence in Lojban  that conveys that information
to see how it would be rendered.



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